Mexican-American Quarterback Joe Kapp Dies at 85

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 10 May 2023 14:48:12 +0000

Joe Kapp, the first Latino quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) to lead a team to the Super Bowl, died on Monday (May 8). He was 85. According to a statement from the University of California, Berkeley, Kapp died after a long battle with dementia. In the July 1970 issue of Sports Illustrated, the

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Why Does No One Remember Joe Kapp, the NFL’s First Mexican-American Super Bowl Quarterback?

Roberto Jose Andrade Franco — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:42:01 +0000

With apologies to Tony Romo, Jim Plunkett is the most successful Latino quarterback of all time. Plunkett, a Mexican-American from San Jose, won college football’s highest honor, the Heisman Trophy, while at Stanford and then, while coached by Tom Flores (another Mexican-American), Plunkett won two Super Bowls with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders (the team

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